Horse-stopping device



(No Model.)

0. LUNDBERG. HORSE STOPPING DEVICE.

Patented Oct. 19,1897.

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OLOF LUNDBERG, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

HORSE-STOPPING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 591,983, dated October 19, 18 97.

Application filed November 13, 1896. Serial No. 611,923. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLOF LUNDBERG, of the city of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Checking Devices, of which the following is' a specification.

My invention relates to means for stopping runaways; and the object of the invention is to provide means whereby as the horse runs and the wagon or other vehicle is drawn along, the slack in the lines will be taken up and the line drawn so tightly as to compelthe animal to stop.

A further object is to provide such means which may be cheaply and conveniently applied to any sort of vehicle.

The invention consists generally in the combination,with the frame hinged or pivoted upon the vehicle at its forward end, of a shaft provided with bearings in the rear end of said frame and carrying spur-wheels adapted to engage with the ground, so that the shaft will be rotated, at line-strap secured upon said shaft or roll and leading forward through suitable guides to connections with the harnesslines, a lifting strap, coil, or chain, a vertical winding-shaft connected therewith, and a ratchet device provided in connection With said shaft, all substantially as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. I

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, andin which- Figure 1 is a vertical and longitudinal section of a vehicle provided with a horse-checking device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device substantially on the line .2 z of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of the ratchet device substantially on the line y 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the ratchet device substantially on the line x 00 of Fig. 3.

As shown in the drawings, a wagon is equipped with my device. The device is equally well adapted for use upon light vehicles, such as buggies, coaches, hacks, and the like.

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the wagon-box or other part of the vehicle, and wherein the frame 3 is pivotally' supported. In the rear end of this frame'isjourbranched at its ends and connected by suitable buckles 21 to the lines 23 of the harness. The frame 3 is provided with the cross-bar 25, to which is connected a cord 27, extending through a guide 29, provided with the roll 31, upon the under side of the wagon-body. The end of said cord is wound upon the lower end of a shaft 33, that is preferably arranged in the hollow standard 35 at one side. of the wagon-body. This standard may be secured in placeby any suitable means within the wall of the wagon-body, as by the strap 37.

The upper end of the shaft 33 is provided with the hand-wheel 39, and upon the upper end of the standard 35 is arranged a casing 41, (see Fig. 4,) within which is a ratchet-wheel 43, that is fixed upon the shaft 33, A lever 45 is pivoted within the casing 41 and extends out through a slot therein. The end of this lever engages the ratchet-Wheel 43 and is held in position by means of the spring 47. A second lever 49, pivoted to the under side of the casing 41, projects into said'casing and engages the lever 45. This lever extends below the casing 41, as shown in Fig. 1, in position where it can be operated by placing the'foot thereon, while the lever 45 can be operated by grasping it with the hand.

The operation of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing detailed description.

Ordinarily the frame 3 will be raised into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, where it will be entirely out of the way under the body of the wagon, and it will be held in this position by means of the cord 27,which is wound upon the shaft 33. In case the team attached to the wagon becomes, unmanageable and cannot be heldby the driver, he can release the ratchet'wheel 43 by grasping. the lever 45 or by placing his foot upon the lever 49, when the weight of the shaft 5 will cause it to drop so as to rest upon the ground. The spur-wheels 7 will bear upon the ground and will be rotated, winding up the strap 9, which, being connected to the lines 23, will tighten said lines, so as to cause the team to stop.

"The details of the construction may be 7 varied without departing from my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the frame 3 pivotally supported upon the under side of the wagon-body, the shaft 5 mounted in the rear end of said frame and provided with suitable spur-wheels 7, the strap 9 wound upon said shaft and extending through suitable guides to the forward end of the wagon-body, the cord 27 connected to said frame, the shaft 33 to which said cord is connected, the hollow standard 35 in which said shaft is mounted, a casing 41 provided upon said standard, the ratchet-Wheel 43 mounted upon said shaft 33, the lever 45 engaging said ratchet-Wheel, and

the lever 49 engaging said lever 45, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with the wagon-body, of the frame pivotally secured beneath the same, the horizontal shaft provided with the spur-wheels 7, the substantially vertical shaft mounted in the forward part of said wagon- 30 body, the cord connecting said frame and said vertical shaft, the strap secured to said horizontal shaft, and extending through suitable guides to the forward end of the Wagonbody, the ratchet-wheel carried by said verti- 35 cal shaft, the lever 45 secured in position to engage said ratchet-wheel, and the lever 49 arranged to engage said lever 45, for the purpose'set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 40 my hand this 26th day of October, A. D. 1896.

OLOF LUNDBERG.

In presence of C. G. HAWLEY, PETER A NELsON. 

